verb

am

Translation

I am a student.

I am happy.

I am at home.

I am studying.

I am ((a/an + noun)) to state identity I am a student.

I am ((adjective)) to describe a state I am happy.

I am ((prepositional phrase)) to state location I am at home.

I am ((-ing verb)) to form the present continuous I am studying.

Synonyms: exist, live

From Old English 'eom', first-person singular present indicative of 'bēon' (to be).

'Am' is exclusively used with the pronoun 'I'. Think of the famous phrase 'I think, therefore I am'.